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W11VT I A KINDERGARTEN?
ik K IIoka, Rahway,
JS\ J.
The education ef young children
has been a problem so difficult of
solution, that it has been left for the
nineteenth centnry to open the
and let in a flood oY Tight and
shine upon this hitherto dark
in our educational systems. The
Kindergarten haa solved the
and turned the school-room into
paradis- instead of a [)lacc
ni'uit, as^ it ^ivhvPir
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gaur n ir^ tea( .j j0 i. s
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d 'Ll ' and sl ow him that w c fo ve
j uin am j j n lc<in ■< t 0 do hj, n n .rood 9 * “ ‘
children are leli to get along as
as they , can, often , in . the care of
ignorant servants until .... they are . five ,.
or six years old, , , when wc find z. . them
, , . , Us, , tocut , .
i eve oping au aiu icy mus ,
Usachersss be corrected.. Uneh to othe Una labor ot
given
of faults* Would it not be better to
begin earlier and have them grow up
without the faults? First, let us
give the child something to play with.
But what kind of toys should we
give him. Lead him into nature and
give him things that God has made.
We need no costly collections. Alter
showing and talking of a few common
objects, each child will desire to
make his own collection, and will
bring enough material for several
talks. Those objects lead him to
talk and ask questions. Ifthe child
docs not learn to love, in his early
years, the beautiful tilings ot God’s
creation, lie will be found, before we
are aware of it, with his affections
tangled among things which are
debasing. 8lep by step, iie is led to
distinguish between the three king¬
doms of nature, and a great fondness
for natural history cultivated. These
little ones learn the classification of
all animals, from kingdom, through
type, class, order and family to
genera. As they learn the classifies-
lion of the animals, they are given
I ictures of the same to paste in a
neat little blank book, prepared for
this purpose in the proper order, and
this makes a lasting impression on
the child’s mind. Next let i.s notice
Ike color and form lessons. In
teaching the alphabet of color, the
tnrec primary, three secondary and
Unvb tertiary colors, the children
given runner bads, covered
worsted of the colors taught to
handle and use in exercising the
lingers, They also weave beautiful
paper mats of the same colors, and
collect as many objects as possible
of each color. *ihe alphabet of form
comprises, first, the curvclincar solids,
the sphere, oval, cylinder and cone ;
second, the rectilinear solids, consist.
ing of cube, oblong, prism and pyra¬
mid ; third, the quadrangles ; fourth,
the polygons, and, filth, the triangles,
which cuds, the alphabet of form.
Wlule learning these the child notices
to which class all common objects
around him belong, thus making him
familiar with the /kingdom and color
and form of all objects, both indoors
and out. They learn to distinguish
between a right angle, obtuse angle
and acute angle, also the meaning ot
perpendicular, horizontal, slanting
and diagonal /ines. A.7 this instruc¬
tion is given under the guise of p/ay,
and the children are given the objects
to sec and handle. Nothing is plainer
to the observer of child’s nature than
its desire to see, to hear, to feel all
beautiful, joyful aud pleasant things,
and to strive to reproduce them
far as its limited faculties will admit.
This desire cannot be assisted
perfectly and appropriately than by
accomplishment in form, color and
lone The earlier such neeompjish.
ment is begun, the more perfectly the
heart or aesthetic sentiment in man
will be developed, the more surely
foundation for the moral
ment or the individual be laid.
ness in formation and production,
conditions development of ttie hand
simultaneously n I with 'ti +i the I ]
of the senses. The children ma&e
those forms with their blocks, cut
them out in pasting paper, shape them
in weaving, mold with plastic, draw
them on their slates aud blackboards
and thus easily and early learn them
Reading is introduced in the Kinder
garter; for children five years of age.
who have learned the alphabet
yolor and form. Thev are first
v^*-g OCCOA NEWS
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jBy Edw SCHAEFER- }*
yQJ,
to know' words as objects, afterwards
tlie alphabet of letters. No exercise
should last longer than twenty min-
utes, which is as lottg as a little child
can S * 1 srill. At the end of each ex-
erc,sc ^efc are gymnastics in time
to music, for exercise is J just as nec-
essary as eating. „„ The exercises
adapted / to the ° development
A of _ the iU
1 ‘
chest and . singing, . . of the .. throat:
while ... the finger _
exercises train t their
^ids for all kinds of work, in such
a ^ ^ is „ 0 Uri n0 flag _
^ ^ rjngs too soun au
Saturday , often , becomes privation .
a
to children because they cannot go
to school. The etiild comes into our
schools inquisitive and thirsting for
knowledge. We have but to stud.y
his instincts and lead him as nature
dictates to kindle in him an enthusi-
asm for learning that shall end only
with his days. Through all their
instructions while learning geometry,
arithmetic, anatomy and natural his¬
tory, they are led to observe the
power, wisdom and goodness of God
throughout the whole universe, The
Kindergarten system of instruction
cultivates the perceptive, .reflective
and expressive faculties. The child’s
mind is not being constantly crowded
while in the Kindergarten with new
principles and long names to remem¬
ber ; but far from it. three years is
required and sometimes more to take
a child through the course thorough¬
ly and all the new ideas convoyed to
the child’s mind are deeply impressed
and never forgotten by giving a little
time with much repetition.
M. K. II.
FUNERAL OF MUS PARNELL
Attended by Delegates fkom New
York, New Jersey and Pennsyl¬
vania—The Body Probably to
Go to Ireland.
New York World, 25th,
The funeral of Miss Fanny Parnell
took place yesterday morning at
Ironsides, near Boidentovvn, N. J.
^’* c •'■'ain containing the delegates
ll()ca the Land Le ague branches in
Afew York was switched on to the
Hmboy Division of the Pennsylvania
Railroad at 7 rent-on and taifceu to
Ironsides* where it was switched on
to a side track at the end of the town
at the back of tbe house. About 120
ladies and gentlemen were on board.
They* represented all the Land League
branches and the Ladies’ Land
League. When the train stopped
the ladies headed the procession to
the house, which they entered at the
rear door and proceeded to the
library, where the remains of Miss
Parnell were placed, The body
rested in a white oak casket, having
gold mountings and bearing on the
top a gold plate with the inscription :
Fanny Parnell, died July 20th, 1882.
Aged 28 years.’ 1 he body was
dressed in a white satin embroidered
dress and white kid slippers, and the
head, which was slightly turned on
one side as in sleep, rested on a white
satin pillow on which was arranged a
bunch of shamrocAs from the Vale of
-^ 1 ‘ oca * Worked in silk on one
corncr w “® ?‘ e w<,rd " : ‘ Fann f
P ar “ uU wltU h *f, nat ' VU s !‘ !l “ roc1 '
M. i. Buroe. Blaced
alo “g sido the bo ‘, y a 8croU
bcanng a poem , by J/ms J/ary h lances
Smith, ot Bordentown, written
a P ro J'° 3 of the bunch of sham t ocks.
- h “ llrst verse " as “ 3 folio " s :
naive place,
\«*t here we 1*> it* emblem
On thv breast,
A littinif nibure to thy glorious race ’
The coffin was in a bower of flowers,
under which the delegation passed
while looking on the face ot /relaud’s
dead friend, vlftcr viewing tbe
remains the delegation proceeded to
the front piazza to. await the arrival
of the Philadelphia delegation. Tbe
flowers taken by the delegations were
unusually handsome I'he
Devoted to News> Politic# Agriculture and General progress-
TO( COA, GA., AUGUST PMhI Of > f
taken by Parnell Branch No 1,
attracted much attention. It was a
harp made of tiny rose buds resting
on the edge of a bank of full blown
roses, around which was a wreath of
pend lillies from the Delaware - Miss
Pawiell's favorite flower. On the bank
was a slab bearing the first eight
lines of Miss Parnell’s last poem
‘The Utterances of an Irish Heart,’ as
follows:
What! Give onr land to England?
Wb.« Give ear land to youT
Our ravished land, whose every rood
Our pah 1 iota’bones bestrew!
Our blood Steeped land—our plundered land
With seed of martyrs s'oVvit!
o r tortured laud—our writhing land,
Which yet we call our own'
On the arrival of the train from
Philadelphia, and after the delegates
had viewed the body, the funeral
services began bj’Mlle. RosaD’Erina
singing ‘Angels Ever Bright and
Fair.’ The Rev. Nathaniel Pettit,
rector of C hrist Episcopal Church at
Borden to wn, read the service for the
dead to the words ‘J am the resurrec¬
tion and the life,’ when Mile. D’Erina
sang ‘Avc Maria,’ and the ceremony
was closed to be resumed in Iliver-
vieiv Cemetery, near Trenton, where
the remains were taken by train,
upwards of four hundred people
accompanying them. The procession
forme 1 again and led the way down
the hill to the train, followed by the
pall bearers, Mr, T, B. Hopkinson,
Mr. M, 1). Gallagher, Dr. W. B.
Wallace, Mr. Robt. 8. Murphy, Mr,
Fisher of Philadelphia, and Mr.
Stephen J. Mcany bearing the casket*
which was followed by Miss Ellen A.
Ford, Mrs, Kate Diggs and Miss
Sabina Davitt, sister of Mr. Michael
Davitfc. Mrs. Parnell followed later
when she was able to overcome her
emotion. On entering the car she sat
near the coffin with her son, Mr.
John Parnell, who had come on from
West Point, Ga., to attend the
funeral. When the train stopped at
Labor street, Trenton, the coffin whs
put in the hearse and followed by
v rs Parnell and her son in a car-
riage, and the rest forming a line
wended their way to Riverview
Cemetery. There the furneral
service was concluded and the
remains were placed in the receiving
vault to await final disposition. it
is now almost certain that they will
be taken to Ireland, as it was said
yesteiday that an offer made by
Messrs. Williams & Guion to take tbs
casket over free of expense bad been
accepted.
A FATHER’S CURSES
Upon a Fair Woman Wiio Led His
Son to Ruin—A Scene Upon a
Louisville Street.
Louisville Cominejrial.
Only the other day, as a reporter
of the Commercial, strolling
fcixth street neared Broadway, a
singular scene presented itself to him
An elderly gentleman of respectable
appearance, wearing a long gray
beard with a careworn face was talk
ing earnestly to a handsome, fashion.
ably dressed woman. She, however.
seemed to be trying to avoid
w ithout seeking to discover the
subject of the conversation there-
po ,-ter came near enough to hear the
0 ifl gentleman using toward her the
most abusive language, even pro-
Bouncing words winch arc never a,l-
dressed to a lady in polite society,
lb0ll V, to this o.relc both
'
t oelongeu, > i t to 0 judge iudae from nom their tneu anoear appear
anoot The man s manner suddenly
became more excited, and be seemed
to bo frenzied. Just thou a passing
carriage came near them aud tbe
hailed the driver, got inside the
vehicle, and asked to be driven np
Broadway, seemingly much relieved
escaping from her tormentor. The
old gentleman’s appearance was not
such as to indicate him as a good
for an interview, and
reporter allovved him to turn and
walk hack to Sixth street without
questioning him and without an idea
of what could have induced hii$ to be
so rude to a lady on the street.
The sequel of this strange happen-
n
came out yesterday, when , ..
reporter became possessed of a secret
well worth relating. The reporter
met a lady acquaintance on Fourth
street yesterday afternoon, whom he
for a stroll for a square or two
IFhile halting on a corner for a
ment his eye rested upon the oecu-
pant of a carriage, which had likewise
paused for a temporary blockade
tlw street; and this occupant was the
lady who had figured in the
scene at Sixth and Broadway, a few
days previous. The reporter, as the
carriage moved on, mentioned to his
companion wlmt lie had seen and
heard, when he found that she was
acquainted with the history of the
lady in the carriage and of her singu¬
lar persecutor. Only upon a solemn
promise not to use the names of the
parties—for all are connected with
the best society in the city—did she
consent to tnnke the secret Known.
‘You newspaper men,’ said the re
porter’s companion, ‘are so unfeeling
in publishing people's private history
that I’m almost afrai 1 to reveal the
facts in this case. But if you do
print their names it wi 1 only ad 1 to
this lady s continued annoyance.
1 hen she told thd*sor>. ten °'
twelve years ago a young lady an 1
young gentleman in Lou sville society
met and beea n ; mutually interested.
They had both be.qf the children ol
wealthy parents, had enjoyed the
best educational advantages and
opportunities, and then* i respective
marriage was looks 1 for to be a hap
py event. Tim young gentleman was
already looked upon as a ?■ u jeessful
businessman of the world, and the
lady of his choice was regarded as a
fit companion for so worthy a hus¬
band, should they be married. She
was fond of society and its pleasures,
while he was more of a retiring dispo
sition. and it was only through his
attachment to the young lady that he
ever entered into any gayety.
A short tim j before the proposed
marriage the young lady s parents
gave an elegant criteria nment in
honor of her birthday, and her affi¬
anced lo.er was invited. Ho joined
in tbe dance at her request, and was
her escort to the supper room, Here
were spread choice viands, and wines
flowed in abundance. A toast was
proposed to the fair hostess health.
The glasses were filled to their brims*
But the hostess’ lover declined the
one offered him, saying he never
took wine. ‘.Just this one glass,’ s.ie
pleaded, and in such a fascinating
manner that to refuse was beyond his
power. Having broken his habit of
temperance, it was not so difficult for
him to be persuaded to drink the
ues;ttoa3t Qffered aiia so he went on
until, at the close of the entertain-
roenti |,o lad to be conveyed home
„ cl , ess , intoxiuate I.
Fiom that c\cnin | tne « own
tall o the unco moia au< c ’ u U ^ e< '
_ j r U U atMvAG
,5 ^' ' i
aud witil s , lc i, bt effects
that , u less tban ayear ho wlls acom •
moB drullkar j T he marriage
? „ a „ ° ea , cu!l catac to an end. and
0 mer betrothed became the bride of
another suitor. The fcou tout wa^
" “[heir hmne“‘and “the
901 “ .,. “'LZl 0 ¥ i ne mother went to her "rave °
° 3 **
The bereaved lather ourseJ the e fair .
M )tres3> wtl0j ho 0 l air nel.
b !lt ruin and disgrace to his
ramlly _ This lives," was years ago, bat the
ol d man still and with bowed
| iea d may often be seen upon the
street3 . And he never secs the lad v
iu question that he does not approach
her and reeal , th(! circum5tance8 that
have caused so much pain ami sorrow,
The life of the lady ha* been made
■i TEEMS—$1 50-A Y E A g .
more miserable than can be de-
scribed* She has seldom ventured
upon the street alone, and the scene
the reporter had witnessed a few’
days before, his informant said, was
but a repetition of what had occurred
now and then for years,
The ruined son still lives, but in a
distant oity, whe.e he leads a
degraded life. There are those who
say that the broken hearted father is
insane, bat there are not many who
know his secret,
THE INDIAN'S FUTURE.
Widled Bill Nye.
The question of what is to be the
giorious ultimatc of the red man m
i y mei q ca is one which demands of
us, as a people, serious consideration.
Will a few fleeting years extirpate
and exterminate from the face of the
earth a race which lias so long filled
our fourth readers and oiu* school
declamations with crude oratory,
exist only as a smoke-tanned, bead-
trimmed memory? Will the beautiful
picture of the brunette Indian maid¬
en at last become nothing but the
frontespicce of a time-honored legend
and the trade-mark of flue-cut
tobacca? Let us hope not.
\\ e have crossed the wide ocean
and wrested from these people, their
lands, and then, to add insult to insult
to injury, we have taught them the
mysteries of our civilization.
\\ ith the white man came the
doctrine of vicarious atonement and
tl* open back shirt, He brought
with him the dictionary and the gar¬
den hoes, salvation and saleratus.
7’lie tale was soon told, and now on
the vertebrae of the continent the
telephone and the morning . papers
are crowding the led widower and
the pigesn-toed scion of Powhattan
into the moaning sea. The restless
waves of civilization and soap have
crowded old Risenp William Riley
and his whole tribe into the black
night vpf forgetfulness and death.
Gradually he has picked Up his
household goads and his wife and
upright piano, and stolen toward the
couch of dying day. Now lie stands
upon the rocky battlements that
border the new irtales, and, bathed in
red sunlight and nothing else in
paiticular, be shakes hands with his
approaching doom.
Had he taken more kindly to the
bath tub of the paic-faoe, and frater¬
nized more adequately with the crash
towel of the European, his oblivion
would have been less speedy, and the
black, torn cat night of eternal sleep
less formal.
Filent and unrelenting, unmoved
above the broad cemetery of his
people, stolidly awaiting forgetful¬
ness and death, we cannot help
admiring the brawny brave with the
undauntod eye and tnc buckskin pants
with the seat cut out, Nature gave
to thee, thou dusky warrior, strength
like the eagle and swiftness in the
chase, but in her wisdom denied thee
the copper lining that is required to 1
meet and conquer the vintage of a
progressive agd. The mountain lion
meet t bce and yield up his life
at thy hau is, but the juice of the
centipede, that is distilled by the
paleface and sold to thee, tangles up
thy deuodenum and cracks the crown
sheet of thy digester.
Brave orator of the school book,
.rrim relic of tbe days of Pocahontas,
we wa tcli with tear dimmed eyes thy
closing l * oors ; A<Uc “- l " d
inother stanli ' n S 011 tl,c s ' ee P l<reeipi
tons shores of eternity. Behind thee
rest the dead heroes of thy race, and
att ' . . .. ..
“- v - slf e !“,•
‘ Mbe Ind ‘ an 1 , °" S ? ll =“ e
‘ St C3S ’, !>e tS ' S
>° one «M look , upon this sad
smokj group unrnove ne a ing
remnants of a glorious petty larceny
Albert Had coat r 1,9 and the doctrine J* of a
protective ari^., ins ea* o e p ug
I hat aud the whisky sour, his future
might have been a resplcndanfc one,
and his life less crowded with failure
and remorse.
, Wc should learn from this to sliun
the errors which have bn-ted the
glorious future of the redman. Let
us profit by bis example and eschew
the flowing bowl. We should also
1 iu uid the exposure of an out doer life-
A constant communion with nature
an( | W et feet shorten life, and clouds
the pathw ay with gloom and catarrh.
‘WHERE SIX GENERALS FELL.
hood's CUARC.E ' CROSS THE FRANK¬
LIN PLAIN TO THE RANK OF THE
HARPETH.
W. K. Cunningham in the Philadel¬
phia Weekly Times.
We had pressed the enemy for
miles upon miles, and at last had
them in a trap w ith a river in the
rear. At the sound of a gun in our
center, which was the signal, our
movement began — officers, both
field and staff and line, in their
assigned places, by Hood s order,
leading. For some distance wc
moved down in the line of battle, the
hands enlivening the martial ecene.
Grandly the whole line swept for¬
ward, and, clearing our front of a thin
line of battle of the enemy, we for the
first time caught a glimpse of what
was in our front. A single glance
was sufficient to understand the whole
Pc,2nc nn '^ position. From right to
left in a semi circle the enemy were
intrenched behind massive fortifica¬
tions, with head logs and abattis,
making a line one and a half miles in
length, each flank resting oh the river*
Hood’s army moved forward in
splendid order, every brigade, regi¬
ment and company led by its com¬
mander. Across a broad plain of half
a mile, with no impediment to secure
a direct aim, on wan l we moved, and
as Lowcing pressed forward on the
right a wild yell awoke the echoes of
Harpeth, which, lingering, was caught
up by Cleburne and Brown, and
renewed itself on the left as Bates’
men replied in thunderous* chorus.
Our men passed straight ahead, the
line unbroken by the murderous fire
of artillery, which swept the earth.
‘They went as winds go when toregts are
Tj lt .y went as waves go when navies are
stranded.'’
The fire of the enemy was terrific ;
officers and men went down in great
rows. Lowcing surged at the bluff
and hedge, and fell back immediately
under the parapet. Mortal men could
not pass that hedge. Cleburne and
Brown had sw*cpt like a wave and
carried all in front. Adams, Gordon
and Strald held the works in the
center. The firing was .intense, but
no artillery on our side helped the
din of battle. Night was approach¬
ing. Cleburne, Strahl, Ghist, Carter
and Cranberry were dead, while field
and line officers went down by scores,
and the ground was dotted by the
dead and wounded. Still the remnants
of Strahl and Gordon held the work-
in pure desperation. It was certain
death to retreat across that plain and
equally as bad to remain, The men
fought doggedly across the works
without officers and with no light save
the lurid glare of the ene my’s artillery,
which seemed to sear the eyeballs.
The battle of Franklin had been
fought, and the Federal army had
escaped, Wc held the field, but at
what a tremendous cost! Six Gen¬
erals and over one hundred field
officers lay there as the result. Our
loss was tremendous for the length of
time we were engaged, Our dead
an d wounded were never numbered—
corporals edmman led companies,
Captains commanded regiments, and
Colonels commanded divisions tbe
nex^ morning.
WHAT INTERFERED WITH
XdEIR SUMMER TRIPS.
One was carrying home a cent’s
north of yeast in a pitcher, and the
other «° l “8 l ° the stcre Cot ab “
of soap in Ini k.
-Family you live m going away
this Summer? asked the girl with the
.
,P ‘‘ ’J t.lb of it ’ renlied d^san-
'“‘"‘j -, M . dressmaker
pointed then s™ > vou folks ‘ aoin«*’ £’
'e\ wer^ goi , ... u
came in t.ns morn ^
theirtroubles ^
me, out tae . lrw • e •
as we as i ^
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